PHOTOSTORY: PICTURING ENGLAND
Photographers have captured our nation’s urban environments since the birth of the camera. The Historic England archives chart the country’s changing visual landscape
Daniel Allen
CULTURES: LAND OF THE LOST
Men have fought and died over the beautiful region of Karelia for centuries. Daniel Allen reports on how despite living in a fractured land, today Russia’s Karelians battle to preserve their unique cultural identity
Melody Kemp
FLOODING: ASIA’S SLOW DROWNING
In the first of a two-part report into the effects of rising sea levels, Melody Kemp looks at how, in Bangkok and Jakarta, short-term economic gain is trumping environmental concerns
John Myall
ECOLOGY: THE PROBLEM WITH OFFSETTING
As the government explores biodiversity offsetting, saying it will strike a balance between development and nature, Mark Rowe reports on how the lessons of Twyford Down are shaping the debate
Sarah Gilbert
TRAVEL: THE PATH LESS TRAVELLED
Sarah Gilbert discovers how a mountain-activity lodge in the Peruvian highlands is working with remote communities to benefit both the local culture and the growing tourist trade
Michael Hutton
Climbing a single peak can be daunting enough, but to tackle 130 in just 24 hours takes an immense level of skill. For Pete Whittaker, it would also require a great deal of willpower and fortitude